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Amritsar

[ uhm-rit-ser ]

noun

  1. a city in NW Punjab, in NW India: site of the holiest shrine of the Sikh religion.


Amritsar

/ æˈɪٲə /

noun

  1. a city in India, in NW Punjab: centre of the Sikh religion; site of a massacre in 1919 of unarmed supporters of Indian self-government by British troops; in 1984 the Golden Temple, fortified by Sikhs, was attacked by Indian troops with the loss of many Sikh lives. Pop: 975 695 (2001)
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The military aircraft, which left Texas late on Tuesday, is now in the city of Amritsar where authorities say they have put measures in place to process the deportees.

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Journalists have gathered outside police barricades near an Indian Air Force building in Amritsar.

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Within months, she escaped to the northern Indian city of Amritsar, her mother's place of birth, but troubles followed.

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One of them later said they shot the Congress politician to avenge a military action she had ordered against separatists hiding in Sikhism's holiest temple in northern India's Amritsar.

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In 1984, prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards to avenge a military action she had ordered against separatists hiding in Sikhism's holiest temple in northern India's Amritsar.

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